Prof. Lim Song Hwee and Prof. Pang Laikwan have been invited to speak on a conference on “Digital Culture in Contemporary China, Taiwan and Hong Kong” on 17-19 December 2015 at University of Oxford. Prof. Lim will present a paper entitled “Can Poetics Break Bricks?” and Prof. Pang will present…
Prof. Wong Wai Ching Angela has co-organized an international conference on “Gender and Change: Transcending Boundaries” on 8-9 December 2015 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The conference aims to provide a forum for the sharing of knowledge and experience, a platform to build a network of like-minded scholars…
Dr. Rochelle Yang curated a photo exhibition “ The Fantasy of Light” for CRS students at K11 Art Space from 26 Nov, 2015 – 3 Jan 2016. This Photography exhibition is a part of the main Christmas showcases in concurrence with the UNESCO International Year of Light. Dr. Yang moderated a public talk entitled “Discovering…
Prof. Wong Wai Ching Angela has been invited to speak at a conference on “Chinese Muslim (Hui) in Diaspora: Culture, Gender, Identity, and Religious Traditions” on 3-4 December 2015. Prof. Wong Wai Ching Angela and Dr. Zhou Shuyan will present a paper entitled “Nomads between Religion and Culture: Re-Invention of…
Prof. Ka-ming Wu was invited to attend annual meeting of American Anthropological Association in Denver, Colorado, USA from 18 to 22 November 2015. Prof. Wu has presented a paper entitled “Picking New Urbanity from Recyclable Waste in Beijing, China” in the session of “Living Through Waste and Waste as Lively:…
黃宗儀教授獲邀於2015年10月10日假廣州時代美術館主講「全球化城市的地方性：以台北為例」，探討全球化、城市發展與地方性的議題。講座是「腹地計畫」系列活動之一，「腹地計畫」展覽針對的是資本全球化背景下的藝術系統，藝術家在創作過程中建議與各地的人和事建立新關係，尋找新出路。詳情請見http://www.timesmuseum.org/exhibitions/detail/id-611/。
Prof. Katrien Jacobs has been invited to be a keynote speaker at III European Geographies of Sexualities Conference with theme of “Crossing Boundaries: Sexualities, Media and (Urban) Spaces” from 16 to 18 September 2015 at Sapienza University in Rome. Prof. Jacobs gave a keynote speech entitled “from Square the Square: Sex…
Prof. Wu Kaming’s new book Reinventing Chinese Tradition: The Cultural Politics of Late Socialism will be published by University of Illnois Press in December 2015. With ethnographic fieldwork, Wu explores how people have reworked the revival of three rural practices–paper-cutting, folk storytelling, and spirit cults–within (and beyond) the socialist legacy…
Prof. Katrien Jacobs will launch her new book The Afterglow of Women’s Pornography in Post-Digital China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) at 7pm on 23 October 2015(Fri) in Art & Culture Outreach (14/F, Foo Tak Building, 365-367 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai). Jacobs will give a short illustrated talk while inviting artists, scholars…
CALL FOR PAPER Masterclass on East Asian Cinemas 27-28 November 2015 Organized by Centre for Cultural Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong In order to nurture young scholars and explore future research directions in the field of East Asian Cinemas studies, the Centre for Cultural Studies will organize…